Welcome to Troop 325's Merit Badge Midway



Family Life Merit Badge

Note: These are the new requirements as of 1/1/05

  1. [Bring your outline and be preapred to discuss]
    Prepare an outline on what a family is and discuss with your merit badge counselor. Tell why families are important to individuals and to society. Discuss how the actions of one member can affect the other members.
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  2. [Bring your list and be preapred to discuss]
    List several reasons why you are important to your family and discuss this with your parents or guardians and with your merit badge counselor.
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  3. [Start this, we can schedule a follow up when completed]
    Prepare a list of your regular home duties or chores (at least five) and do them for 90 days. Keep a record of how often you do each of them.
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  4. [Do a project, bring your report, and be prepared to discuss]
    With the approval of your parents or guardians and your merit badge counselor, decide on and carry out a project that you would do around the house that would benefit the family. Submit a report to your merit badge counselor outlining how the project benefited the family.
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  5. [Do a project and be prepared to discuss]
    Plan and carry out a project that involves the participation of your family. After completing the project, discuss the following with your merit badge counselor:
    1. The objective or goal of the project.
    2. How individual members of your family participated
    3. The results of the project
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  6. [We will dicuss at midway. Family meeting should take place after midway]
    Do the following:
    1. Discuss with your merit badge counselor how to plan and carry out a family meeting.
    2. After this discussion, plan and carry out a family meeting to include the following subjects:
      1. Avoiding substance abuse
      2. Understanding the growing-up process, how the body changes and making responsible decisions dealing with sex
      3. Personal and family finances
      4. A crisis situation within your family
      5. The effect of technology on your family

        Discussion of each of these subjects will very likely carry over to more than one fa,ily meeting.
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  7. Discuss the following with your counselor:
    1. a. Your understanding of what makes an effective father and why, and your thoughts on the father's role in the family.
    2. b. Your understanding of the responsibilities of a parent.